Peak Oil- fact or myth?

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  1. Architecture-er's Avatar
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    (Original post by atheistwithfaith)
    And where do we get the energy from to make the hydrogen...
    From less consistent sources... Hydrogen acts as a mediator for imbalances of energy flow.

    You can't store raw energy unless you utilise huge, high-inertia flywheels, which are totally impractical. Hydrogen allows us to use the energy to create a storage medium, which can then be tapped at a later date to recover a percentage of that original energy.
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    (Original post by cl_steele)
    naturally but when have you seen petrol explode like hydrogen ? :P
    When it's poured over a hydrogen bomb.

    Duh!
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    (Original post by Architecture-er)
    When it's poured over a hydrogen bomb.

    Duh!
    ah touche :P
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    Oil will be be around for much longer than the peak-oil theorists think but as it runs out more money will be invested in rinding alternatives so we'll all be fine, unless climate change kills us
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    (Original post by walterwhite123)
    No-one can possibly know what the effects of global warming will be or even if we can do anything about it.
    So it's equally silly for you to claim that we're not going to die from global warming, then?
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    (Original post by Retrodiction)
    So it's equally silly for you to claim that we're not going to die from global warming, then?
    I was just countering the ridiculous statement put forward.
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    (Original post by walterwhite123)
    I was just countering the ridiculous statement put forward.
    By making a statement that goes against the very logic you attempted to use against me...
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    It's foolish to base your existence on a finite substance without developing sustainable forms of energy.

    The technology is out there, the only thing stopping it is greed and ignorance.
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    (Original post by Retrodiction)
    By making a statement that goes against the very logic you attempted to use against me...
    Perhaps I worded it badly. It doesn't make your statement any more plausible though.
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    Re: Peak Oil- fact or myth?
    (Original post by walterwhite123)
    Perhaps I worded it badly. It doesn't make your statement any more plausible though.
    I never made a statement, but ok.
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